(playful music) (playful music) - [All] Good morning, super readers.

- Thank you for joining us in our Valley PBS classroom.

I'm Mrs. Nix.

- I'm Mrs. Vang.

- I'm Mrs. Hammack.

- This is a place for us to learn, practice and-- - [All] Grow our brains!

- To become even stronger readers, writers and thinkers.

So let's get started by warming up our brains with some-- - Ear training.

- Called-- - [All] Daily phonemic awareness.

- And what is daily phonemic awareness?

Well, it's just that.

We're training our ears.

- Turn then up.

- So turn them on 'cause we're listening for some sounds in words.

Today, we're gonna do some phoning blending, and I know that you're familiar with this.

We've done it before.

We're gonna do it down our arms so get those arms ready.

- Arm ready.

- Ready.

- I'm gonna give you some sounds and then we're gonna blend them together, that's kind of squish them together, to make a word.

Here we go.

Wha.

I. Ch.

Now let's blend them together.

Which.

Which.

- Which.

- Did you say which?

Great job!

Okay.

How about this word or these sounds?

Ch.

Ah.

T. Ch.

Ah.

T. Chat.

Did you get chat?

- Mm-hmm.

- I got it.

- All right.

Okay.

Last one.

Let's do this one.

Ba.

Eh.

Nn.

Ch.

Ba.

Eh.

Nn.

Ch.

Bench.

Great work.

You're really training those ears.

Okay.

Are you guys ready?

- I'm ready.

- Mm-hmm.

- A little dancing.

Should we get those brains going this morning?

- Let's do it.

- All right.

Get yourself a little spot and here we go.

This one's called my map.

♪ Within my mind, I have a map ♪ ♪ I memorize it when I nap ♪ ♪ So I don't fall into a trap ♪ ♪ And lose my way without a map ♪ ♪ A map can take you far and near ♪ ♪ And lead you on for many anew ♪ ♪ A map can wander round a bend ♪ ♪ A map can give you home again ♪ ♪ Within my mind, I have a map ♪ ♪ I memorize it when I nap ♪ ♪ So I don't fall into a trap ♪ ♪ And lose my way without a map ♪ ♪ A map can take you far and near ♪ ♪ And lead you on for many anew ♪ ♪ A map can wander round a bend ♪ ♪ A map can give you home again ♪ - That was great.

(Mrs. Hammack laughs) - That's a great song.

- Oh, so much fun.

- I like it.

- All those sounds.

- I know.

We're gonna continue working with sounds and letters with our phonics and we're gonna do our diagraph.

So come with me to our word work board.

- All right.

Have fun.

- All right, here we are.

We have the cheese card.

Ch.

C-H. T-CH.

The whale card.

W-H. Wha.

And the fire card for the ff, P-H sound.

Now we're going to have some friends help us today blend two words, and then we're gonna build a word.

Now, when we build words, it's similar to what you would do when you're writing.

And that's why we practice.

So you'll know how to do that when you get your pencil and your paper.

Hey friends, can you come help me read today?

- Woo-hoo!

- I'd love help you, Mrs. Hammack.

- Oh, I'm so excited to see you guys.

- I (indistinct) dancing.

I learned them with dance.

- I know.

You're a very good dancer.

All right.

You ready to help me?

Today, I have this word.

Listen to the sounds.

See if you can blend it and tell me what my words are.

Ch- e- ck.

Ch- e-.

Che- ck.

Check.

What do you think that is?

- As.

Ch.

Check.

- Very nice!

Check.

You got it.

Good job.

Let's try this one.

This one has a consonant blend at the front.

So we have to say those two sounds together quickly.

Cr- u- n- ch.

Cr- u- n- ch.

- Ooh!

- What do you think, Tina?

- It's crunch like, like...

I like to crunch on yummy bugs.

- Oh, I'm glad you like to crunch yummy bugs.

I'm thankful that you do 'cause otherwise there'd be too many.

Crunch.

Great reading.

All right.

I was wondering if you can help me to build the word chat?

Chat.

I love when we get to chat.

What do you think we gotta start with?

- Oh, I know.

- Tell me.

- It's gonna be with that ch.

- Yes, it is.

- I know.

Ricky likes to make that ch sound.

- Ch.

Ch.

- Ch.

- Good job.

All right.

What do we hear next?

Let's sound it out.

- [All] Ch- ah.

Ooh, what is that sound?

- That's the short A.

The short A says ah.

- You are right.

Ricky, you are a short vowel expert.

Ch- ah.

- I know the last sound.

- I bet you do, Tina.

- I know it 'cause it states like my name Tina.

- You are right.

- It's with a T. - You are right.

Good reading.

Ch-a-t. Chat.

That was fantastic.

Thank you for your help.

I'll see you guys later.

- All right.

We'll see you.

- Goodbye.

- Have a good day.

- Bye.

- And here's our sentence for today.

When will the chick hatch?

That's a question.

When will the chick hatch?

All right.

It's time for us to practice our high frequency words with Mrs. Nix.

Here we go.

- All right.

Thank you so much, Mrs. Hammack, and yes, we're gonna practice those high-frequency words.

Those words that we see often in our reading and our writing, and we've got five of them that we've been practicing this week.

You wanna practice them with me?

Let's do it.

Let's go through and let's read them.

Around, many, place, walk, and by.

Great job.

Today, we're gonna focus on this one right here.

This is called, or this says place.

So say it with me.

Place.

Now let's spell it.

P-L-A-C-E spells place.

Great job.

Let's practice using it in a sentence.

This is a good place to sit.

Did you see it?

Excellent.

It's always great to go through and find our words as they're used in a sentence.

All right.

We're always talking about super fun ways to practice our different words and one of our favorite ways to practice around here is called whack a word, right?

So you can lay out on your table.

You could do it on a piece of paper and just write out all of your letters, just like I've done.

Or if you have different magnetic letters, you could set them out.

And then you're gonna find something fun.

And I used to use a pool noodle, but I found these cute little wands and I wanna practice using with these.

You wanna join me and do it?

All right, let's do it.

So the word is place.

What was our first letter?

Yeah, it was a P. Can we find the P?

There it is!

(Mrs. Nix gasps) Oh!

That's so much fun.

All right.

What's our next letter?

We have P, L, A, C, and where's the E?

All the way... Ooh!

There it is again.

All right.

So much fun.

So you can find fun things like this and practice your words at home.

All right.

One last thing before I let you go to remember our strategy for this week is to reread.

So if you come across something and you need to reread it, because you're looking for some important details, that's a great strategy to practice.

I'm gonna kick it over to a story, and I'll see you back here in just a second.

Bye-bye.

- [Woman] Map It!

What kinds of maps are there?

How can we use them?

(calm instrumental music) What kind of picture can show a whole country?

A map can.

A map is a special kind of picture that people can use to locate places.

There are many kinds of maps.

This is a map of our country, the United States.

Two other countries, Canada and Mexico, touch the United States.

The lines on the map are borders, which divide countries and states from each other.

This map also shows all of the states in our country.

The states are different colors.

Two states, Hawaii and Alaska, are pictured in special boxes called insets.

This is because they are located far beyond the boundaries of the map.

Which states in our country are the biggest?

Which states are the smallest?

What else can you see on this map?

You can see bodies of water.

The Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico are all large bodies of water that surround the United States.

(calm instrumental music) Which is the highest, a mountain, a hill or flat land?

A mountain is the highest as this kind of map shows.

Look at the colors on the map.

They show the height of different parts of land in the United States.

The map also shows the oceans around our country and some of its big lakes and rivers.

The map has a key.

A map key gives information about the map and helps you use it.

The key shows you which areas on the map are flat, hilly or mountainous.

The purple areas show mountains, which are the highest kind of land.

The green areas show lands that are mostly flat.

The orange areas show hilly land, which means the land is raised and rounded.

The blue areas on the map show bodies of water.

Ocean, lakes and rivers are shown in blue.

Can you find mountains on the map?

How can you tell this area has mountains?

Take a look at Florida.

Is the land there flat, hilly or mountainous?

What about your state?

This map shows the whole Earth.

You can see all the continents.

A continent is a very large area of land.

Sometimes there are many countries on one continent.

There are 54 countries in the continent of Africa.

A continent may also have no countries.

Antarctica, the continent of the South Pole, has no countries at all.

Earth's oceans are giant bodies of water that are all connected.

However, we usually think of them as separate oceans.

A compass rose shows the four directions: north, south, east, and west.

North is the direction toward the North Pole.

South is the direction toward the South Pole.

If you are facing north, east is to your right, west is to your left, and south is behind you.

Look at the compass rose.

Can you find the continent that is east of Europe?

Can you find the ocean that is west of North America?

Which continents have you visited?

Which continents would you like to visit?

Another way of viewing the whole Earth is by looking at a globe.

Have you ever used a globe to see the world?

You can spin a globe to see all over the water and land on our planet.

A globe is a model of Earth.

Like Earth, a globe is round.

(calm instrumental music) On a map, places look smaller than they really are.

Imagine if you had to show a full size mile on a map.

The map would be much too big for anyone to use.

That is why a map scale is so helpful.

This map shows imaginary towns that are close to each other and the special places in each town.

Look at the map scale.

This scale tells us that one inch on the map is equal to one mile.

We can use a ruler to find out how many inches are between two places on the map, then we can figure out the best route for getting from one place to another.

Do you see where Raul lives in the town of York?

Do you see the stadium in the town of Branson?

Imagine that Raul wants to go to the stadium.

How could he get there?

You could measure the distance between the two places on the map.

Every inch between the two places stands for a mile.

How many miles is it from Raul's house to the stadium?

How many miles is it from the stadium to the airport?

Imagine Raul wants to go from the airport to the zoo.

How would he get there?

How many miles is it?

Where else could Raul go?

How long will it take him to get there?

Maps come in many shapes, sizes and colors.

They can show all of the continents on Earth, or just a few streets in a town.

Learning how to use maps can help us get from place to place.

- That was a straight long story, but it was about maps so I loved it.

Did you guys enjoy that story?

That was a story call Map It!.

Now remember the strategy we're working on this week.

We're working on reread.

You're right.

We're practicing our reread strategy.

So remember, as you read, go back and reread reports that you did not understand.

Rereading can also help you remember important information.

So don't think of reread as something bad.

So if your teacher or your grownup tells you to go back and reread, that's not something bad, it's something actually that can really help you.

So think of rereading as a great strategy to remember important information or going back to read parts that you didn't understand.

So, as I was listening and reading this story called Map It!, I had a couple of questions that I didn't quite understand.

So I had to reread and find my, to find the information that I didn't quite understand.

So let me tell you what my brain was doing.

So, as we were looking at this picture, and this is a picture of a map of?

- It's the United States!

That the country we live in.

- Right.

So here's a map of the United States.

And as we were reading, I had a question.

It said, what is a map and how does that help us?

So I had to go back and reread so that I knew what a map was and how does it help us.

Because all week we've been learning about maps.

I don't think I quite understood what a map was.

So I went back and I was reading and it says, what kind of picture can show a whole country?

A map can.

A map is a special kind of picture that people can use to locate places.

And then I went, "Oh, that's my misunderstanding!"

I didn't know what a map was and here was the answer.

A map is a special kind of picture that can use, is a special kind of picture that people can use to locate places.

So that's what my map is.

So you see how that helps me?

Rereading helps me remember, not remember, but go back and think about those parts that I didn't understand.

I see that.

So here's another part that I didn't quite understand.

So we were looking at this map and this is a map of?

- It's the map of our world!

- You're right.

Remember how we said the world can be a flat shape or a big giant-- - And it's a big giant ball.

- You're right.

Or it could be a big giant ball.

We learned that on Monday, right?

So now it says, what does it compass rose show us?

I remember they were talking about a compass rose.

Now, if you were reading and you weren't quite sure what a compass rose was, go back and reread.

And let's see if we can find our answer to that.

So it says, "A compass rose shows the four directions: "north, south, east, and west.

"North is the direction toward the North Pole.

"South is the direction toward the South Pole.

"If you are facing north, east is to your right, "west is to your left, and south is behind you."

Ooh, lots of good information.

- I might have to reread that again.

- It was lots of information, wasn't it?

So, but remember, I wanted to know what a compass rose showed us.

- I remember it said it showed us the four directions.

- You're right, Ricky.

So did you guys see that?

So I'm gonna take my marker and I'm just going to box where it showed us so that my brain can say that there it was because as I was reading it, I was reading it too fast and I wasn't quite paying attention.

So what does it compass rose show us?

We now know.

Can you help me?

Oh, thank you, Ricky.

You're gonna hold onto my cap for me.

A compass rose shows the what?

The four directions.

What are the four directions?

North, south, east, and west.

Good job.

Okay.

So did you guys get that also?

Awesome.

So that's what I compass rose shows us.

Thank you, Ricky.

And then it gives lots of details about the north, the south, the east and the west, doesn't it?

Right?

- North, South, right?

East, west.

Lots of good information.

- You're right.

Okay.

So now that we know a little bit more about maps, let's go into our writing and I want you guys to think about my writing prompt for you.

So this week, or today, we are going to write.

And my writing prompt says, why would you use a map?

So we've had lots of maps that we've learned already.

Remember in our first story, me and the map?

A map of your room, a map of your town, right?

And then this story that we just read, it was a map of the country, a map of the world.

Lots of different kinds of map.

And we now know a map shows us location, right?

It helps people locate a place.

So my prompt, why would you use a map?

So I want you guys to think.

Hmm.

Have you seen a map before?

- Hmm.

- And think about why you would use a map.

Oh, keep thinking.

I'm gonna have Ricky call her friends to come help us.

- Tina!

Rita!

It's writing time.

- Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

I love to write.

- Hello, friends.

- Hello.

- Were you guys thinking about all the different kinds of maps that you guys have seen?

Or I want you guys to think about how you would use a map.

How would you guys use a map?

- You know, there are so many maps.

- Mm-hmm.

- That's true.

- And there are so many different things that we can do with them.

Oh, you know, what's a fun place to use a map at though?

- Oh, where?

- Where?

- I love using the map at the zoo.

(Mrs. Vang gasps) - And then we can find all the different animals and you could come and visit me in the reptile house with all my cousins and friends.

- Oh, that's fun.

I like that one.

- That's a great idea.

'Cause whenever we go to the zoo, even though my son knows the zoo very well, he always has to grab a map because he wants to go and figure out where all the animals is.

Do you guys hear that too?

- Oh, I see a lot of me toos at home.

They are all agreeing with you, Tina.

So Tina said I would use a map at the zoo to find animals.

That's a great detail.

Don't forget to start with your sentence starter.

I would use a map at the zoo to find animals.

So you remember Tina wouldn't have just put "at the zoo to find out animals" 'cause that's not a complete sentence.

Great thanking, Tina.

I love that.

That was a great place to find a map.

- I have an idea.

- Okay, Rita.

- I would use a map... Are you ready?

- Mm-hmm.

- To find treasure!

- Treasure?

(Rita laughs) - Oh, that's the best kind of map, a treasure map.

- Right?

We could be like pirates.

- Oh, I love that.

- Oh, I love treasure too.

- We could draw our own treasure maps.

(Mrs. Vang gasps) - How fun was that?

That is a great idea so when you get done with your writing, you wanna draw your own treasure map.

What a great idea.

Rita, awesome.

I love that.

Rita said I would use a map to find treasures.

Have you ever had a treasure map?

- Uh-uh.

And the big X always marks where the treasure is.

- You're right!

So.

Oh, I see lots of excited friends at home.

- Oh, Mrs. Vang.

Mrs. Vang.

- Oh, did you have another map?

- I thought of one more and I think it would be just amazing.

- It's so good.

It's so good.

- I'm gonna tell you really fast.

(Rita laughs) (Tina laughs) - Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's do this one.

- Let's do it.

- Mrs. Vang, I wrote it down for you and it's to find rides at Disney Land.

- Oh, that's a great idea.

I use map at Disney Land to find rides.

Oh, you too?

Oh, that's great.

Great writing today.

You guys, I have another friend who has a great book to share with us.

Let's see if you guys have read this book.

- Alright.

Hi, my name is Mark.

I work at the warehouse.

We get all the books out to you guys at the schools.

This is a new book in your library.

This book is about a squirrel and a bird.

Squirrel has finished collecting its nuts for the winter and the bird lands by, you know.

And squirrel offers bird a nut, but the bird says he only eats worms.

So the bird wants to offer the school something so he says, "Squirrel, I'd like for you to sing."

But the squirrel can't sing at all.

They encourage each other through the book and together, they discover to try new things together.

To find out what happens to squirrel and bird, you will have to check out the book and read it.

Thank you for watching Valley PBS.

Have a great day.

- Thank you so much, Mark.

It was so awesome for you to help us by doing a book talk and telling us about a book.

Wasn't that great?

- It was fantastic.

We really appreciate it.

- So much.

- Thanks for taking the time to do that.

- Look at all of our families in Fresno Unified.

- I know.

- Right?

- Because it's a community of readers and we want you to be part of that community too.

- Knock knock!

- Who's there?

- Who's there?

- Cargo!

- Cargo who?

- Cargo who?

- No, silly.

A car goes beep, beep!

- Oh my word.

- That was silly.

Thanks for watching us here at Valley PBS.

We'll see you back here tomorrow.

- [All] Bye-bye.

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